Friday, April 9, 2010

The Evils of Iraq's Democracy

After the Iraq parliamentary election the main issue is to form the new government and electing new prime minister. The US invasion to Iraq in 2003 was due to create an ideal example for the other states of the region but immediately they recognized that the democracy in Iraq is against their interests because the Shia majority came into power which had strong relations to Iran.
The other problem in Iraq democracy has been appeared in current election where there is no party gained the necessary seats in the parliament to form the government. Iraq has the long history of dictatorship with no experience of democracy especially in this kind of it. (Parliamentary system) on the other hand there is not necessary infrastructure for the political participation for the people; the most important of them is security. It seems that this kind of political system cannot last too much because it cannot support the interest of Iraqi people at first because of it instable nature and even can endanger the stability and security of the region and the neighboring countries. This can spill over and exacerbate the interest of the United States too. The semi federalism and parliamentary system in a multi ethnic state with different religions, can divide the country into several part. (At least the Shia, Sunni and Kurd one). Clearly this is not in favor of the Iraqi people and the regional and states and even the US.
The other important issue is the fragmentation in Iraqi Shia groups. Of course the US welcomes this situation but it is a sign of Iran's miscalculation in Iraq, although the Iranian has been trying to integrate the Shia groups to form the strong government in Iraq. The bottom line is that it takes long time for Iraqi people to cope with the new political system and of course it has many side effects to the region as well.

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